Quotes of the day

posted at 10:39 pm on April 25, 2011 by Allahpundit

“Syria sharply escalated its already deadly campaign to crush a five-week uprising early Monday, sending troops backed by tanks, snipers and knife-wielding security forces into the southern city where the rebellion began, according to witnesses and activists…

“Monday appeared to be the first time the authorities have sent tanks into population centers since the protests began…

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“‘It’s clear there’s now a strategy to crush any form of dissent using overwhelming force,’ Nadim Houry, Human Rights Watch’s senior researcher for Syria and Lebanon, told TIME. ‘There’s been a decision that they will tolerate no more dissent and that this has to end… They are still operating as if they’re under the emergency law, picking up people without arrest warrants, nothing has changed. if anything it’s gotten worse.’”

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“Obama administration officials said they are readying orders that would freeze U.S. assets of senior Syrian officials and deny them permission to travel in the United States.

“U.S. sanctions are unlikely to produce a dramatic effect because Syrian officials apparently own few U.S. assets. But the move signaled a notable shift by the Obama administration, which has worked hard to build better relations with Damascus, a regime it considers a strategic key for security in the Middle East.”

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“We want the American people, with this video, to understand what the unarmed young people of Syria demanding freedom are up against. We will never stop until we get our freedom. By sharing with you these horrors, Syrians are not asking for boots on the grounds, or even military action of any kind. But we are asking for your support to mobilize policy makers in the U.S. to condemn Assad and to put him, and his killers, up for trial in a court of international law for crimes against humanity.”

Click the image to watch.

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“President Obama seems to want to leave the position of the leader of the free world vacant deliberately, to prove a point about our limits and our deference to others. He’s holding an ongoing world seminar on the dispensability of the formerly indispensable nation…

“When protests broke out in Syria, a country run by an Assad family mafia that has facilitated the killing of American soldiers in Iraq, Obama could barely summon a harshly negative statement when the regime began shooting people. Elsewhere in the Middle East, the so-called Arab Spring is a decidedly ambiguous affair. It is toppling flawed U.S. allies, with no guarantee anything better will replace them. In Syria, it’s much simpler: A ruthless anti-American regime seeks its survival by firing live ammunition at funeral-goers.

“For the realist, the unrest presented the opportunity to give an enemy of the United States a good, hard shove. For the idealist, it presented the opportunity to stand up for what’s right. The Obama administration initially did neither. Softheaded and hardhearted, the administration mumbled bromides about how it sure hoped Bashar al-Assad would begin reforming soon. Must America be so naive about its enemies and so shamefaced about its values?”

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“The violence in Syria echoes that of what happened in Libya, with dozens of civilian protestors being killed at the hand of a Middle East leader, yet the White House is defending its response so far to the unrest in Syria by arguing that the two scenarios are different.

“White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that Libya was a ‘unique situation’ in that large portions of the country were out of control.

“‘We had a [Muammar al-]Qaddafi regime that was moving against its own people in a coordinated military fashion and was about to assault a very large city on the promise that it would show it — the regime would show that city and its residents no mercy,’ Carney said of Libya.

“He also says that with Libya, there was also an international consensus to act and support from the Arab League for action.”

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Re Uncle George Soros, I believe the Europeans were after him at one time as well. I have never been able to find out why he was not extradited to at least one of the countries that wanted him for a criminal indictment.

Gee, what a surprise. Especially Wolfie’s numbers. I mean after his brilliant performance on Jeopardy a while back http://tinyurl.com/n95jzl, I thought his display of intelligence would have people flocking to his show.

Less dumb might be a better question, but as far as smarter goes, I’d have to say Gibbs. He knew enough to get out of that gig where he was on the firing line all the time and take a position trying to get the Kenyan-in-Chief re-elected. Still a prominent position, but not so much face time on the tube.

Carney is screwed. If this idiot of a president keeps up with his current policies (very likely) this little boy Carney will eventually get eaten alive. He is completely in over his head.

LOL!..Very good analysis..Now which one is over his head..Obie or Carney?!?..:)

Dire Straits on April 26, 2011 at 1:33 AM

Both. But with Obie it’s more critical. Carney is basically fodder for the Bantha that is the Obie administration. Obie will toss this poor, outclassed, overwhelmed schmuck as soon as he feels he has served his purpose, or has failed The Won.

Obie is equally clueless but has a bigger structure behind him (LSM, Soros, Trumka). Much more is at stake.

Obie is the Kentucky Derby while Carney is the Cotton Seed Stakes at Bayou Downs somewhere in the Louisiana swamp.

On a long and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You can listen to the engine
Moanin’ out his one note song
You can think about the woman
Or the girl you knew the night before
But your thoughts will soon be wandering
The way they always do
When you’re ridin’ sixteen hours
And there’s nothin’ much to do
And you don’t feel much like ridin’,
You just wish the trip was through

Foghat was my very favorite band back then. I saw them five times. One time was in Bloomington, ILL. Montrose was the warm-up. When I walked out of there, I couldn’t even hear myself breathe. I’m talking LOUD!
And it’s interesting that you mention BOC. They were at a lot of fests that I went to back then. Many, many rock fest type of gigs had BOC on the card.

Foghat was my very favorite band back then. I saw them five times. One time was in Bloomington, ILL. Montrose was the warm-up. When I walked out of there, I couldn’t even hear myself breathe. I’m talking LOUD!

predator on April 26, 2011 at 2:11 AM

..being my first concert I was easy to impress…
……but even years later you would have to go to metal shows to match the energy Foghat brought to the stage.

Their Guitar fights were legendary.

Saw a lot of good shows in the late 70′s early 80′s…

Police…U2….Van Halen…Ted Nugent….Aerosmith….Black Sabbath(with Dio..saw them with Ozzy on their reunion tour later at Oz Fest)….later in the 80′s AD/DC…Motley Crue…Bon Jovi…Ratt….

We know where President WTF’s real passion lies. Domestic programs to cut America down to size. He’s interested in the stuff like the Easter egg roll and golf. The U.S. Is too evil to stand up for freedom and Democracy.

We know where President WTF’s real passion lies. Domestic programs to cut America down to size. He’s interested in the stuff like the Easter egg roll and golf. The U.S. Is too evil to stand up for freedom and Democracy.

Syrian protestors…….you’re on your own.

PappyD61 on April 26, 2011 at 6:48 AM

He’ll change his tune if the ‘Palestinians’ rise up against the oppressive Israeli regime.